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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Charles II of Spain | | | |  Charles II of Spain: Encyclopedia II - House of Bourbon - The Bourbon Restoration in France and its aftermathWith the abdication of Napoleon on April 11, 1814 the Bourbon Dynasty was restored to the kingdom of France in the person of Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI. Napoleon escaped from exile and Louis fled in March 1815. Louis was again restored after the Battle of Waterloo on July 7.
The conservative elements of Europe dominated the post-Napoleonic age, but the values of the French Revolution could not be easily swept aside. Louis granted a constitution on June 14, 1814 to appease the liberals, but the ultra-royalist party, led by his b ...
See also:House of Bourbon, House of Bourbon - Origin of the House of Bourbon, House of Bourbon - The rise of Henry IV, House of Bourbon - The Early Bourbon Kings of France, House of Bourbon - Early Bourbons of Spain and Italy, House of Bourbon - The Bourbons During the French Revolution, House of Bourbon - The Bourbon Restoration in France and its aftermath, House of Bourbon - Later Bourbon monarchs outside France, House of Bourbon - List of Bourbon rulers, House of Bourbon - Monarchs of France, House of Bourbon - Monarchs of Spain, House of Bourbon - Other significant Bourbon branches Read more here: » House of Bourbon: Encyclopedia II - House of Bourbon - The Bourbon Restoration in France and its aftermath |
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| | | | | Charles II of Spain: Encyclopedia II - House of Bourbon - The Bourbons During the French Revolution Louis XVI had become the dauphin of France upon the death of his father, the son of Louis XV, in 1765. He married Marie Antoinette, a daughter of Maria Theresa, in 1770. Louis intervened in the American Revolution against Britain in 1778, but he is most remembered for the French Revolution. France was in financial turmoil and Louis was forced to convene the estates-general on May 5, 1789. They formed the National Assembly and forced Louis to accept a constitution that limited his powers on July 14, 1790. He tried to flee France in June 1791, ...
See also:House of Bourbon, House of Bourbon - Origin of the House of Bourbon, House of Bourbon - The rise of Henry IV, House of Bourbon - The Early Bourbon Kings of France, House of Bourbon - Early Bourbons of Spain and Italy, House of Bourbon - The Bourbons During the French Revolution, House of Bourbon - The Bourbon Restoration in France and its aftermath, House of Bourbon - Later Bourbon monarchs outside France, House of Bourbon - List of Bourbon rulers, House of Bourbon - Monarchs of France, House of Bourbon - Monarchs of Spain, House of Bourbon - Other significant Bourbon branches Read more here: » House of Bourbon: Encyclopedia II - House of Bourbon - The Bourbons During the French Revolution |
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| | | | | Charles II of Spain: Encyclopedia II - Ferdinand de Lesseps - Background The origin of his family has been traced back as far as the end of the 14th century. His ancestors, it is believed, came from Scotland, and settled at Bayonne when that region was occupied by the English. One of his great-grandfathers was town clerk and at the same time secretary to Queen Anne of Neuberg, widow of Charles II of Spain, exiled to Bayonne after the accession of Philip V. From the middle of the 18th century the ancestors of Ferdinand de Lesseps followed the diplomatic career, and he himself occupied with real distinction several ...
See also:Ferdinand de Lesseps, Ferdinand de Lesseps - Background, Ferdinand de Lesseps - Career, Ferdinand de Lesseps - Diplomatic, Ferdinand de Lesseps - Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps - Panama Canal attempt, Ferdinand de Lesseps - Death Read more here: » Ferdinand de Lesseps: Encyclopedia II - Ferdinand de Lesseps - Background |
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